Re: CC-ND waver/license and data 'reuse'

2013-01-30 Thread Nicole Redaschi
On Wed, 30 Jan 2013, Andrea Splendiani wrote: No Derivative Works — You may not alter, transform, or build upon this work. Doesn't sound like building on the shoulders of giants, doesn't it? no, and that's why we (at uniprot) want to change it. if you read the actual legal text it sounds muc

Re: CC-ND waver/license and data 'reuse'

2013-01-30 Thread Andrea Splendiani
No Derivative Works — You may not alter, transform, or build upon this work. Doesn't sound like building on the shoulders of giants, doesn't it? But the question is: does it refer to an information artifact (e.g. an image) or its content? Best, Andrea Apologies for typos, Sent from an iPhone

Re: CC-ND waver/license and data 'reuse'

2013-01-30 Thread Jerven Bolleman
Hi All, We (uniprot) are working on changing this to be more permissive. But are waiting on the CC4 process. If you want to know more please write to h...@uniprot.org as I do not know specifics. Regards, Jerven On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 4:44 PM, Michel Dumontier wrote: > > UniProt uses this rest

Re: CC-ND waver/license and data 'reuse'

2013-01-30 Thread Michel Dumontier
UniProt uses this restrictive non-open license ftp://ftp.uniprot.org/pub/databases/uniprot/current_release/rdf/README m. On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 5:52 AM, Susanna Sansone wrote: > Hi all, > calling on your expertise, please. > I am looking for real experiences and examples showing if and how a

Re: CC-ND waver/license and data 'reuse'

2013-01-30 Thread Jim McCusker
I would expect that Creative Commons would have a strong interest in pursuing violations of any of their CC licenses, if only to establish their legitimacy if that hasn't already happened. The Free Software Foundation (FSF) has pursued violations of the GPL and LGPL on a number of occasions on beha

CC-ND waver/license and data 'reuse'

2013-01-30 Thread Susanna Sansone
Hi all, calling on your expertise, please. I am looking for real experiences and examples showing if and how a CC-ND waver/license for data files and related experimental descriptors _limits its reuse_ (as derivative works won't be allowed, e.g. data mush-ups, linked data). Beside the official